Anyone who draws attention to himself as an individual, is viewed with suspicion. We acquired this tendency, of course, from America, and we must resist it: levelling, and imitation of what others are already doing.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Some people's personalities are so compelling that they command attention.
We all have these tendencies in us that could go this way or that. I think that's the real key in writing. To look at a character without judgment.
No-one really feels self-confident deep down because it's an artificial idea. Really, people aren't that worried about what you're doing or what you're saying, so you can drift around the world relatively anonymously: you must not feel persecuted and examined. Liberate yourself from that idea that people are watching you.
Suspicion and doubt lead to animosity and hatred.
A fellow who is always declaring he's no fool usually has his suspicions.
Our public figures are often narcissists, utterly self-absorbed in their quest for power.
Actually, the curious thing is that the more you become a subject of admiration or loathing, the more you're examined under a microscope, the distance seems to open up between who you really are and the portrayals that people impose on you.
Over time, it's occurred to me that my protagonists all originate in some aspect of myself that I find myself questioning or feeling uncomfortable about.
Self-respect: the secure feeling that no one, as yet, is suspicious.
Association with human beings lures one into self-observation.